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vestryman

/ves-tree-muhn/US // ˈvɛs tri mən //UK // (ˈvɛstrɪmən) //

执事官,执事,牧师,理事长

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural ves·try·men.

    • : a member of a church vestry.

Examples

  • For some time he was a vestryman of the Episcopal church which the family attend.

  • To them he was an infinitely superior vestryman with a tremendous power for dispensing coal and food to the poor.

  • To get into this Vestry in the eminent capacity of Vestryman, gigantic efforts are made, and Herculean exertions used.

  • Hae ye forgotten that this is Mr. Abner Marchand, your fellow-vestryman an' your senior warden?

  • Empires are now governed like parishes, and a great statesman is only a select vestryman.